14. Chapter 14

After more than a month, it became more and more cold, and Ruoyun leaned on the cushion and basked in the sun comfortably.

The best news is that Cheng Qinghe never appeared again.

Since then, there are no more guards guarding the courtyard, and Rong Ying and Rong Wang Ye have never seen each other again. The heart has been opened up a lot, and the days of this palace not only do not feel boring, but they are more and more invented by the autumn coolness.

Without the restraint of people, Xiaohong was busy asking around about the current situation, saying that it was to make a living for the future when she left the house. After going back and forth, she was half-acquainted with the subordinates, and knowing that she was the "guest" of the prince, the gossip did not dissipate after a while.

Xiaohong's eyebrows fluttered every time she talked to her.

She said, the three years of Chu Mansion is really not as careful as the situation that this palace has learned in a few days, not to mention other people, I am afraid that I can write a few sets of books on the details of the important ministers of each palace.

Regardless of the side, the four strange kings with different surnames have always been the center of the topic. Although the six departments all have their own books, those princes are the real rulers of the Tianyi Dynasty.

King Yu, known as the god of war, has long since set up the army and commanded most of the soldiers and horses of Tianyi. Although the king of Xia is a nominal household, he maintains the contacts of many tribes in southern Xinjiang. King Huai is said to be in poor health, living in a simple house, and relying on the help of Cheng Wangfu for the affairs of the Ministry of Industry and the Criminal Department. And this Cheng Wangfu is in control of the national support and the appointment and dismissal of officials.

The most hateful thing is that except for the group of concubines of Prince Xia and the refusal of those who come, there is no sound in the marriage of the other three palaces, which can make the young ladies and ladies in the capital anxious. After a long time, people said that Wang Haocai, Huaiwang was sick and weak, and King Cheng had no intention of marrying, but it was Cheng Wangye's younger brother, Cheng Qinghe who liked to play everywhere that day, and caused a lot of romantic debts.

The emperor ascended the throne for three years, Prince Rong unexpectedly got the emperor's reuse, although he was idle, he helped the emperor to assist in the review of diplomatic relations. Those bloody cases of raiding the family and exterminating the clan at every turn, the subordinates talked about it with admiration and fear, and it was not nonsense for people to call them cold-blooded princes.

It's just that, thinking of Rong Yixuan's amiable attitude that day, she felt more and more that what this person said could not be fully believed, if it was just iron-faced and selfless, Rong Yixuan would be really wronged.

"Miss, why are you so distracted these days, what are you thinking?" Xiaohong called for her, holding the scroll, smiling and groaning.

"If you want to get out of the house, I will find a good family and marry you." Ruoyun glanced at her, took the book and smiled secretly.

"Phew, I'm going to accompany Miss for the rest of my life!" Xiaohong hurriedly stomped her feet, suddenly her eyes rolled, and the thief smiled, "Miss, why don't we leave the house, I look at Na Rong Wang Ye is very good?" ”

"Ghost girl." Ruoyun glared at her and said sourly, "Don't say that I'm not a young lady now, even if I do, I'm thousands of miles different from Prince Rong, you, you're so careful." ”

Xiaohong stuck out her tongue and hurriedly avoided her feigned fist: "Hey, who knows if the prince will only like ......"

"You still say!" Ruoyun couldn't sit still, so she rolled up the book and chased after her to fight.

The master and servant laughed, causing the fallen leaves in the courtyard to flutter.

There was a light cough at the gate of the courtyard, Shuyan didn't know when he was there, and when he saw them stop, he hugged his fists and said, "Miss Su, there is an invitation in the backyard of the prince." ”

Ignoring Xiaohong's "Miss, look at it" eyes, Ruoyun hurriedly returned the salute: "Shuyan Gongzi, I don't know what's going on?" ”

"Miss Su will know when she goes, you can't speculate about the meaning of the prince in the book."

Seeing that he smiled at her heart, Ruoyun straightened her messy sideburns and nodded.

It is said that it is a backyard, but it is connected to the garden of the palace, the pond behind the pavilion rockery is clear and the fish jumps, a few tall ginkgo trees in the courtyard are in autumn, the fan-like apricot leaves will dye the backyard golden, and occasionally a few pieces are like skirts and turn and fall, and the fish will come forward to scramble as soon as they dip into the water.

On a few tables and chairs under the tree, Rong Yixuan was wearing a light gray shirt and a silver brocade robe, gently shaking the folding fan and leaning on the soft couch to think, and when he saw her coming, he took the fan and pointed to the vacant seat beside him: "Sit." ”

This time, Ruoyun bowed and sat down generously.

"Miss Su don't be restrained, this autumn day is thick, this king has been busy with affairs for several days, and she has neglected the girl, and it is rare to have leisure to drink tea and watch the scenery here, so I invited the girl to come with me." Rong Yixuan squinted at her, and the cold look was cleaned up when he saw her.

"The prince's good intentions, how dare Ruoyun disobey." I couldn't help but be grateful that he could think of her in his busy time, and there was a little warmth in her heart.

A servant had already prepared a cup for her, and a touch of emerald green hot water spread out in the cup, the aroma was attractive, and she couldn't help but be happy: "Tea is a good tea, the color is moist, fragrant and elegant, and it is suitable for this beautiful scenery." ”

"Oh?" Rong Yixuan closed his eyes and recuperated, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "The girl is a person who knows the goods, this Jiangnan tribute Ming Qian tea tip only has so many dozens of taels every year, and if you miss this cup, you will have to wait for the next year to have new tea to drink." ”

Ruoyun was embarrassed, she pretended to be confused a few days ago that she was not Su Ruoyun, but she didn't know that this cup of tea was tried.

was annoyed, but seeing Rong Yixuan sighing softly, her face was slightly tired, she couldn't help but open her mouth and ask, "What is the prince worried about?" ”

"I'm afraid that the girl can't help me with what I'm worried about." Rong Yixuan put away his smile, his face turned cold, and he opened his eyes slightly to look at the apricot leaves.

"It doesn't hurt to tell the girl." He picked up the cup and took a sip, looked at her carefully, and said, "This autumn is supposed to be the time of harvest, and the former prince and this king reasoned in court, saying that it was a flood in many places, and only by paying taxes lightly could the people be satisfied. ”

Ruo Yun bowed: "King Cheng's words are reasonable, if the people are overwhelmed, they will inevitably be prone to chaos." ”

"It's true to pay taxes lightly, but some local officials who don't have drought and flood have taken advantage of this to report that the local area has also been affected by the disaster, so as to evade paying taxes. Although the grain and rice in the capital are sufficient, but the sesame oil paper money, special gold and silver cotton silk are not used for three years and are not fully prepared, what does the girl think? Rong Yixuan took another sip, and without waiting for her to answer, he covered the cup and said, "This luck is not good, if all the local officials are slacking off on taxes, the capital will not be happy in this winter." ”

Ruoyun nodded and sighed: "The capital is located in the hinterland of Tianyi, the time and place are favorable, but the products are not abundant, and there must be a sufficient amount of tax turnover, so that the measures to prevent drought and flood can be implemented." ”

"The girl is high-minded, so the king and the prince Cheng have different opinions, and they can't decide why for a while, the emperor has never asserted, the matter is just hanging out, and the king is really difficult to do in charge of the winter sacrifice." Rong Yixuan squinted, as if to see something from her beautiful face.

"This is indeed not a worry that can be shared by me, a woman, the prince smiled." She smiled, and that was the answer.

Rong Yixuan looked at it fixedly, and spit lightly with thin lips: "Girl, don't be vain, Master Su served as a cabinet bachelor when he was the first emperor, and he planned to read and participate in politics and repair books, Miss Su is a scholar, although the king is bored, he is also relieved a lot with the girl, beautiful woman, this king will not be worried now." ”

Looking at his handsome face lined with ginkgo biloba and falling leaves, he smiled lightly, and his demeanor had extraordinary bearing and courage, and if he was busy bowing his head, he felt that his cheeks were hot, and he secretly denied in his heart, "This is not a good person, don't take it lightly."

"You-!" Before the person arrived, the loud voice came, Rong Ying walked around the courtyard in the afternoon, and saw Su Ruoyun talking to her brother from a distance, and her intuition drove her to rush over and stop her, and stretched out her finger to the tip of her nose, "You actually ...... I'm chatting with my brother here! How can you climb high in my royal family?! ”

Rong Ying said hatefully, the jade bracelet on her wrist jingled.

"I've seen the county lord." Ruoyun hurriedly saluted.

"Ying'er, don't be rude, just now I was discussing with Miss Su how to deal with Cao. That Cheng Qinghe, this king found out that Miss Su was innocent, you ...... But don't you believe in my brother? Rong Yixuan smiled very comfortably this time, as if autumn had become a spring dynasty.

"Yes...... Rong Ying bit her lip, looked at Su Ruoyun suspiciously, and said deflatedly, "Since you ...... Since my brother said so, forget it. After speaking, he shook off his red brocade sleeves, and glanced at her a few times without being busy.

"Since Ying'er is here, why don't we sit down together, and I will go to Lord Hu's mansion for dinner." Rong Yixuan beckoned to Rong Ying, implying that there was not much time to accompany him.

Rong Ying sat on the farthest stool angrily, picked up the tea and drank it all, and suddenly praised, "This tea before Ming, my brother still kept it, but he was willing to take it out." She pouted dissatisfiedly.

Ruoyun couldn't help laughing, this Rong Yinggui is the county lord but a little girl.

"Why are you laughing?" When Rong Ying laughed at herself, her face flushed, and she became angry again.

Ruoyun rolled her eyes and said: "The county lord is not to blame, just because Ruoyun has a cousin, who is the same age as me and is stubborn, Su Ri and I are not in harmony, and I feel happy when I see that the county lord is friendly with the prince's brother and sister, if this cousin can be so good with himself, it will not live up to this autumn beauty." ”

What she said was actually from her heart.

"...... like this" Rong Ying was really relieved, no longer kept a straight face, and went to get tea again.

Ruoyun took the opportunity to say again: "The county lord likes this tea, he must like the new style of tea, and he grinds it into the cake with fragrant tea, which is refreshing and fragrant with tea." ”

"Huh? How do you get this fresh pastry? Rong Ying was really interested, and looked at her with a smile.

"Ruoyun is not talented, I have seen a merchant from Jiangnan in Chu Mansion carry that snack with him in the past, and he has also tried it in the kitchen, although the color is similar to that merchant's belt, the taste is the same." She smiled and bowed, this tea cake had been tasted by her father when he was alive, and she had only tried it when Chu Rulan sent her to help with the cooking

"Tell me about it." Rong Ying showed interest, but glanced at her again.

Ruoyun got up and carefully told her how to make tea cakes.

Rong Yixuan watched her talk to Rong Ying from the side, smiling thoughtfully and drinking tea, looking at her beautiful face, the expression in her eyes was uncertain. Rong Ying wrote it down little by little, and at the end she also clapped her hands and praised: "Okay, the county lord will let people do it when he turns around." While delighted, I talked to her about a few other novelty snacks to share.

The two of them paced the edge of the pool, seeing that there was still more than one step away, Ruoyun couldn't stand on his feet and planted himself in the pond.

Rong Ying instinctively couldn't pull it, and fell into the water with a scream.

Ruoyun doesn't know water, and Rong Ying doesn't know water.

The girls and guards who served from afar ran over in unison, scrambling to save the two.

In a panic, the light gray figure pushed everyone away, jumped off the pond without thinking, hugged Rong Ying with his left hand, fished Su Ruoyun with his right hand, and turned out of the water.

"Lord Wang-!" Shuyan rushed over in shock, and Rong Yixuan had already taken the wet two people ashore.

Ruoyun couldn't stop coughing, looking at Rong Yingzhu's scattered and sad face, Rong Yixuan's clothes were wet, his long hair was scattered and sticking to his cheeks, and he was dripping wet, and he let go of his hand and stood up when he saw that they were fine.

He even rescued her regardless of his daughter's body......

"Lord Xie's life-saving grace, the prince's life-saving grace." Ruoyun knelt down and kowtowed.

Rong Ying spit out a few mouthfuls of water, but said to Rong Yixuan with a crying voice: "Brother, I didn't push it!" ”

"Naturally, it's not the county lord, it's Ruoyun who accidentally slipped and fell, and the county lord fell into the water, but the county lord was punished." She busily explained.

Fang Cai only felt a pain in her ankle, as if she had been hit hard by someone, and her strength was precise enough for her to fall into the water, if it wasn't for Rong Ying pulling her, she might have sunk deeper.

"Huh?" Rong Ying repeatedly confirmed that she had no intention of avenging the previous slap before she relieved herself.

"Okay, go back and change your clothes quickly, Shuyan, call the imperial doctor to come and see the county lord, and also look at Miss Su." Rong Yixuan was playing with the "slip", and his angular face became cold at the moment.

Ruoyun didn't see that look, her body was shivering with cold, but there was a wanton warm current back and forth in her heart.

"Yes, the subordinates will let the kitchen boil ginger soup and send it, please rest assured." Shuyan took the blanket handed by his servant and hurriedly put it on for him, "The master should change his clothes quickly, Master Hu will send someone to invite him soon." ”

"Why are you so flustered?" Rong Yixuan's tone was cold, and the dinner was still early.

"Lord Hu entered the ritual department for the purpose of the winter sacrifice, and the prince had to detain and pick what he liked, so he ......," Shuyan said softly.

Naturally, he had no intention of tasting tea again after such a thing, Rong Yixuan heard that Yu Wang's expression was even more gloomy, and he strode away after a few words.

A girl had already helped the crying county lord back to the room.

Ruoyun was wrapped in a blanket and sent back to the courtyard, staggering and suffering pain under her feet, and reached out to lift the skirt slightly behind her back.

A scar was red and swollen, impartially impartial.

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